Girls Aloud are closer than ever before after rallying around their late bandmate, Sarah Harding.
The chart-mauling group who found fame on Popstars The Rivals are now the best of friends after putting their differences aside while supporting Sarah through her cancer treatment.
Following their split in 2013, the girls made it no secret that they'd fallen out behind the scenes and several members had lost contact.
But after coming together again for Sarah, the girls have remained in contact and are putting their efforts into campaigning for wider research into breast cancer.
Kimberley Walsh, 41, has explained that their friendship which has spanned over two decades won't be going away any time soon.
"It is a long friendship, it's really nice," she said before adding: "I feel close to all of the girls, it's genuinely a close friendship where we text daily."
The Bradford-born songstress went on to tell The Sun: "We are in each other's lives, we know what's going on.
"Obviously with everything that's happened, we're really as tight as we’ve ever been at the moment, you just have to lean on each other, don't you?"
Before Sarah's tragic passing on September 5, 2021, the group consisting of Kimberley, Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle and Cheryl Tweedy vowed to keep her memory alive and hold a gala evening.
Last year, the quartet held The Primrose Ball in honour of Sarah which saw them raise over £1 million for The Sarah Harding Breast Cancer Appeal, a branch of The Christie Charitable Fund.
Kimberley explained that the event which saw all four members reunite in public for the first time helped Sarah's mum, Marie, as she had something to put her energy into.
The girls decided not to perform at the event, admitting it didn't feel right being on stage without Sarah beside them.
It comes after the star who swapped arenas for the West End explained that the girls won't be reuniting for their 20th anniversary but will instead mark it with re-releases of some of their music.
"We've got some fun alternative versions of songs lying around and little re-releases just to kind of mark that because, you know, it's a big deal," she told the MailOnline.
But the singer later addressed the frenzy after sending Girls Aloud fans into a meltdown telling Steph McGovern: "I've caused a bit of drama so I think I need to clear that up, there's been a bit of news reporting that we've done new music, we haven't, unfortunately.
"We just wanted to do something to mark 20 years, we have obviously had such a tough year with losing Sarah, which was unthinkable.
"We're releasing really fun stuff for the fans to make it nice for them, there's alternate vocal arrangements of different girls singing lines on different songs, including Sound Of The Underground."
